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As I enjoyed coffee time after sadhana with my dear friend, we shared the events that had touched our minds and processed the morning’s insights. My overwhelming message during my meditation was LOVE LOVE LOVE. When all is said and done, love is the ultimate realization of the soul’s journey and the human experience. We […]
Walking Into Oneness
The sun was low in the California sky that Friday afternoon. Earlier in the day I had attended a Kundalini class, still dressed in my whites – I felt guided to arrive in my white clothing to offer the purest vibration I could to this new experience. I had no idea what I was in […]
Relationships = In To Me I See
The lights are bright, too much noise going on, the air is cold…. “Where am I? Where is my watery, warm, loving environment I was just in for 9 months? Help! What do I do now? I think I hear some familiar voices, but I’m not sure yet. Who are all these people and why […]
Mandatory: Personal Development 101
The other day I was having lunch with a good friend. We tucked inside a favorite restaurant for some precious girlfriend time together as late morning rain cleansed the streets of Birmingham. Like everyone these days, we have to schedule our friendship time or it doesn’t happen! We both juggle careers and own our own businesses; […]
Shifting Perspective
by Debra Darvick I got to kundalini class a little late the other day. My regular spot had been claimed by another yogini. What’s more, all the spots in front of the teacher were taken. Egad! I was going to have to choose a new spot! I lay my mat perpendicular to where the teacher […]
A Day In My Life Of Sadhana
My alarm goes off most mornings at 3:10am. I place my feet slowly on the ground into the cozy, furry white rug by my bed, ready and usually excited to go to sadhana. This hasn’t always been my routine, but something new in the past 3 years. I find my way through this dark, magical time of […]
Why We Chant
Many often wonder why we chant mantras. They are powerful, sacred sound currents that literally can clear and shift our subconscious psyche to a positive, divine thought stream. We can operate from a “higher operating system.” Whether in Hindi or Gurmukhi, when we listen to, sleep with, practice yoga to or chant them, we receive […]
You Just “Know” When You’re In The Flow
It was an early morning in India as the mist was rising from the hills surrounding the ashram. Four of us met in the lobby of our sweet boutique hotel ready to make the short walk down the quiet alley past the cows sleeping to our 4am sadhana. It was probably day 3 or 4 […]
BhaktiFest 2014 playlists
It was so wonderful to be together again dear Bhaktifesters! See you same time next year! May you be beautiful, blissful and bountiful til we meet again Sat Nam, Katherine @karmayogabh Let’s connect! Find me on Facebook! Katherine Austin Sunday: Anand – Dharampal Ang Sang Wahe Guru – Mirabai Ceiba […]
The Gifts Of Changing My Life
The kids were adjusting their caps and the graduation gowns were blowing in the wind. Smiles and nervous excitement abounded. It was time to walk through that milestone gateway to the world: High School commencement exercises for the class of 2014. They lined up paired off men & women, side by side. Upstairs they stood, […]
Life Lessons from MDOT?
BY BETSY COHN Recently, I found myself pondering that sign on the freeways admonishing us to “Pay Attention” (exclamation point clearly implied!). That command has always felt a bit insulting and patronizing, insinuating that I don’t know better. Maybe it’s morning sadhana or maybe it’s Kundalini yoga or maybe it’s something else, but this morning I […]
Getting Off The Roller Coaster Called Life
It was the second week of a yoga teacher training as we settled back into the room after lunch. There were more than 30 of us, and we had gotten so close as you do on a journey such as this. Some were snuggled under blankets resting to the gong bath apres-lunch while others were enjoying […]
The Teacher vs. The Teachings
I was out in Sedona this past winter teaching at a festival. The skies were a gorgeous blue, the red rock mountains a staggering burnt orange sparkling in the sun. I had prepared for my class intuitively, as I always usually teach now, to offer the teachings that came to me. I listen to what is needed […]
A Big Missed Opportunity
We arrived around 5:30pm last Friday night to a nearby church for senior prom pictures involving more than 50 excited seniors from Groves High School. Young men and women all dressed so beautifully for pictures with their friends and parents. “How did we get here so soon?” the parents asked each other, tears filling some […]
Cleanse = Cleaning The Lens
I’ve been on a spring cleanse now for several weeks. Along with 49 others yogis in the Karma Yoga community, led by Natalie Piet, we came together to get clearer and brighter! I hadn’t done a cleanse in a few years and after this winter, I was ready! (I had enjoyed too much good chocolate.) […]
The Honor of Being A Mother
Every Thursday I get up, do my sadhana as usual, and prepare for my prenatal class that I’ll be teaching at 11am. I tell many that this is my most favorite class of the week. I watch as the moms arrive, all at various weeks of pregnancy ready to compare and share their journey so […]
40 Day Global Sadhana Meditation
Download the music at Spirit Voyage Spirit Voyage 40 Day Global Sadhana Begins May 17th Our Meditation Teacher: Nirinjan Kaur Start Date: May 17th, 2014 End Date: June 25th, 2014 Nirinjan Kaur teaches the Adi Shakti Meditation Inspiration from Ramdesh Sat Nam Dear Global Sadhana Community, Dropping insecurity. Moving beyond your blocks. Strengthening your creative […]
Why Take A Yoga Teacher Training?
Maybe you’ve been on your yoga mat just a short time or for many years. Regardless, you fell in love and went down the rabbit hole fast with this mysterious path. You feel your soul considering learning more…you want to take a teacher training. But then your mind steps in with wonder and sometimes sabotage: […]
Can We Walk Our Talk Off The Mat?
After another short visit with my parents, just like I have so many times before, I arrived at the airport ready to go through the usual ticketing, baggage check and securityasana. The airport was bustling with anxious travelers eager to depart for vacation adventures or visits to loved ones for the Easter holiday weekend. I […]
Writing + Yoga in Northern Michigan this July with Katherine Austin & Lynne Golodner
The goal of yoga is to connect your physical self with your soul. Union. To yoke the two together. And in class at Karma Yoga, we see that happen day by day, where we peel back the layers and delve deep to find out who we really are. Writing does the same thing for us. […]